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"14 year old Hilda is a Pokemon Trainer with a secret: she can talk to Pokemon. After setting off into Unova, she gets involved in the affairs of Team Plasma and becomes acquainted with N, a mysterious guy her age. He may possess the exact same abilities as her but his views couldn't be more different. As her team grows in strength, numbers and bonds, Hilda finds a tangled web of mystery weaving around her and a daunting fate that she can't ever turn her back on..."

It's not a horrible name...it's just not a 'young, cool, tanned big-bro type fisherman dude' name. At least not to me. But ah well. I still love his character design, so I'm sure I'll get used to it in time. He seems like a great character.

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It's not a horrible name...it's just not a 'young, cool, tanned big-bro type fisherman dude' name. At least not to me. But ah well. I still love his character design, so I'm sure I'll get used to it in time. He seems like a great character.

When you think about it, old people with old sound names had those exact name when they were young.

Hot damn. I never realized the humongous amount of discontent localized names made.

When you get use to a character's name from one version and a different name is given to another version that's being released in your country, it can take some time to get use to. Some people take the change harder than other's, hence, the discontent. This wasn't (much of) an issue back before Generation four/five.

"14 year old Hilda is a Pokemon Trainer with a secret: she can talk to Pokemon. After setting off into Unova, she gets involved in the affairs of Team Plasma and becomes acquainted with N, a mysterious guy her age. He may possess the exact same abilities as her but his views couldn't be more different. As her team grows in strength, numbers and bonds, Hilda finds a tangled web of mystery weaving around her and a daunting fate that she can't ever turn her back on..."

Unless the name is essentially insulting, there can never be a problem with a name, it's a name. It's simply a matter of personal like and dislike, of which is an opinion and as such, holds no grounds in determining if there is "something wrong" with a name.

Unless the name is essentially insulting, there can never be a problem with a name, it's a name. It's simply a matter of personal like and dislike, of which is an opinion and as such, holds no grounds in determining if there is "something wrong" with a name.

How can there even be "something wrong" with a name...I mean come on.

There is nothing wrong with the name Marlon, but, oh, come on, it doesn't really suit our 8th gym leader who is a diver with an incredibly dark tan on only half of his body, who is teenage, and one of those "big-bro" kind of people. When I hear Marlon, I think of a 60-year old guy wearing a tux.

"14 year old Hilda is a Pokemon Trainer with a secret: she can talk to Pokemon. After setting off into Unova, she gets involved in the affairs of Team Plasma and becomes acquainted with N, a mysterious guy her age. He may possess the exact same abilities as her but his views couldn't be more different. As her team grows in strength, numbers and bonds, Hilda finds a tangled web of mystery weaving around her and a daunting fate that she can't ever turn her back on..."

There is nothing wrong with the name Marlon, but, oh, come on, it doesn't really suit our 8th gym leader who is a diver with an incredibly dark tan on only half of his body, who is teenage, and one of those "big-bro" kind of people. When I hear Marlon, I think of a 60-year old guy wearing a tux.

He isn't a "big bro" at all
He doesn't even bother helping you with plasma.

"14 year old Hilda is a Pokemon Trainer with a secret: she can talk to Pokemon. After setting off into Unova, she gets involved in the affairs of Team Plasma and becomes acquainted with N, a mysterious guy her age. He may possess the exact same abilities as her but his views couldn't be more different. As her team grows in strength, numbers and bonds, Hilda finds a tangled web of mystery weaving around her and a daunting fate that she can't ever turn her back on..."

For centuries surfing was a central part of ancient Polynesian culture. Surfing might have been first observed by Europeans at Tahiti in 1767 by Samuel Wallis and the crew members of the Dolphin who were the first Europeans to visit the island in June 1767. Another candidate is the botanist Joseph Banks[1] being part of the First voyage of James Cook on the HMS Endeavour, who arrived on 10 April 1769 on Tahiti. Lieutenant James King was the first one who wrote about the art of surfing on Hawaii when completing the journals of Captain James Cook upon Cook's death in 1779.

Marlon is Shizui's English name? Oh my God. It's genuinely terrible. I was hoping that he would have a cooler-sounding name like Finn. Ugh. I'm so depressed, but at least I still have Roxie. I've grown to like that name.

There is nothing wrong with the name Marlon, but, oh, come on, it doesn't really suit our 8th gym leader who is a diver with an incredibly dark tan on only half of his body, who is teenage, and one of those "big-bro" kind of people. When I hear Marlon, I think of a 60-year old guy wearing a tux.

First off, Marlon is more mid twenty. And seriously, stop judging by names. It´s just a name to call someone. You guys are making such a big deal out of this..

Also, I would love to know what exactly a Roxanne would be, or a Misty, an Erika, a Norman, a Whitney.. how about Clair? Candice, Gardenia, Lenora.. seriously. What stereotype fits their name then?